Month: December 2020

12:36 PM GMT England and Saracens stars Owen Farrell, Maro Itoje, Mako and Billy Vunipola will head to the Six Nations in February without any club games after the postponement of the Championship. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic and a national lockdown the RFU announced that the Championship season will begin on March 6. Saracens,
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11:49 AM ET Associated Press LONDON — Egyptian tennis player Mostafa Hatem was banned for two years on Monday as part of a match-fixing case. The Tennis Integrity Unit said Hatem admitted to two charges, including failing to report an offer to manipulate a match. He is banned from playing in or attending any authorized
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11:09 AM ET For the last few weeks, Clemson’s Dabo Swinney has argued that teams should be rewarded for playing games during a season disrupted by the COVID-19 pandemic, and that teams that started later than others and didn’t play as many games should be penalized by the College Football Playoff selection committee. While the
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10:35 AM ET The Detroit Lions have fired special-teams coordinator Brayden Coombs with two games remaining in the regular season, a move described by a source within the franchise as being made because of a cultural clash with what the organization is trying to build. The final decision was made Monday — a day after
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9:12 AM ET CHARLOTTE, N.C. — The Carolina Panthers on Monday fired general manager Marty Hurney over philosophical differences. “You look at successful organizations, and there’s a certain alignment between the head coach and the GM,” team owner David Tepper said in a statement. “To think that you can do that without some sort of
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8:16 AM ET Pittsburgh Steelers quarterback Ben Roethlisberger wants to continue playing next season and, barring a change of heart, intends to fulfill the terms of a contract that has one season remaining on it after this one, league sources tell ESPN’s Adam Schefter. Roethlisberger, 38, has said as much in the past. But after
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